Agenda

Dear members,

We warmly invite you to our Summer Event 2025 at an inspiring location full of knowledge-sharing, networking, and good company!

📅 Date: Thursday, 12 June 2025
📍 Location: Rosarium, Amsterdam

Programme:

🕟 16:30 – Opening
🎤 Michelle Fisser

🕓 16:45 – 18:40 – Keynote Carousel
Experts share their perspectives on AI from various angles:

🕓 16:45 – 17:10 – Jack Esselink
AI Evangelist

🕔 17:15 – 17:35 – Muriël Holdrinet
Senior Corporate Legal Counsel, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

🕠 17:35 – 17:50 – ☕ Break

🕠 17:50 – 18:15 – Pim Roeske & Frank Cederhout
Senior Manager Digital Forensics & eDiscovery
Director Forensic and Financial Crime, Deloitte

🕕 18:20 – 18:40 – 💬 Panel Talk
Interactive discussion with speakers

🕕 18:40 – 18:55 – 🏆 Award Ceremony

🕖 19:00 – Closing Remarks

🕖 19:15 – BBQ & Networking 🍖

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Date: July 9
Time: 15.00 – 17.00
Location: Baker Tilly Utrecht

Invitation: Deep Dive into NVKM & ISQM 1 – with Anton Dieleman

As of January 1st, 2026, all audit firms must comply with the NVKM – the Dutch implementation of ISQM 1 (International Standard on Quality Management 1). The new requirements will significantly impact our quality management systems, making thorough preparation a must.

What to expect?
On July 9, Anton Dieleman will guide us through the do’s and don’ts of implementing NVKM. Don’t miss this opportunity to be well-prepared for NVKM – with practical insights and room for discussion and questions.

Who should attend?
Compliance officers, quality managers, policymakers, and other professionals involved in designing, evaluating, or maintaining the system of quality control in audit firms.

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The financial sector is on the eve of a major transformation. With the introduction of the Anti-Money Laundering Regulation (AMLR) and the establishment of the European Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA), marks the beginning of a new era in the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing.

This seminar is organised by the expert group Financial Economic Crime from the VCO. The VCO is the leading Dutch professional association for specialists focussing on Ethics, Compliance, and Integrity and offers you an excellent opportunity to gain insight into these developments and their impact on your organization.

The seminar will be held on Thursday 17 April 2025 and will be in English.

Program:

From 16.30 hrs.      Registration

17.00 hrs.                 Opening by moderator of this seminar Frank Basjes,

co-chair Expert group Financial Economic Crime

17.05 hrs.                Welcome and announcements by Michelle Fisser, Chairwoman of the VCO

17.10 hrs.                 Navigating Change: The Single Rulebook, AMLA and the impact on the Dutch

                                      financial sector, dr. Melissa van den Broek

17.40 hrs.                 Presentation – Key reas of the AMLR on the Global FinTech, Anca Iordache

18.10 hrs.               Panel discussion led by Tom Loonen met Melissa van den Broek, Anca

Iordache, Manouk Fles (DUFAS) en Richard Hoff (DNB)

18.45 hrs.                 Wrap up

Until 19.45 hrs.       Networking drinks

Registration:
We have availability for a maximum of 60 participants.

Only for VCO members, admission is free.

Register now for the seminar here. Full = Full!

Location:
Rosarium in Amsterdam (Amstelpark 1, Europaboulevard, 1083 HZ Amsterdam)

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SPEAKERS, MODERATORS AND PANEL MEMBERS:

Dr. Melissa van den Broek is Senior Manager at KPMG Forensic Integrity & Compliance and is a regulatory specialist with over a decade of experience in AML/CTF and Sanctions compliance. Her diverse background includes roles at ING and the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM). At KPMG, she assists financial institutions, trust offices, and corporations with compliance matters and supports audit teams on AML/CTF and Sanctions issues. Melissa leads KPMG AMLA’s Office Monitoring Unit and is part of the Clingendael Sanctions Network’s core group. She holds a PhD in Law and is certified in anti-money laundering and global sanctions specialization.

Anca Iordache is leading the Global FEC Governance Team at Adyen, based in Amsterdam. With her team, she manages the regulatory and governance aspects of Adyen’s Financial Economic Crime framework. In Adyen’s dynamic growth curve, Anca focuses on ensuring the regulatory Financial Economic Crime (FEC) conditions for new business ventures are properly aligned. Her expertise stems from a public sector career as a regulatory counsel, where she worked at the intersection of law, international justice and financial regulation before transitioning to the fintech industry.

Frank Basjes works as an independent interim manager and consultant in the field of anti-money laundering, compliance and integrity. He started his own company in 2017 after a 20-year career at financial institutions both in the Netherlands and abroad. In recent years, he has held interim positions as Head of CDD/KYC at a Dutch private bank and as COO at a consultancy firm specializing in compliance & integrity.

Prof.dr.mr. Tom Loonen is professor in financial law & integrity at the VU University. He specializes in anti-money laundering, compliance, integrity and ethics. Furthermore, he is expert-judge at the Enterprise Chamber of the High Court in Amsterdam and member of the Disciplinary Court for Banks in the Netherlands.

Manouk Fles works as Manager Regulatory Affairs at DUFAS, the trade association for fund and asset managers in the Netherlands. She has extensive experience as a lawyer and compliance advisor in the investment industry. Within DUFAS, her work includes AML, where she and DUFAS’ 60 members advocate for effective laws and regulations for a healthy asset management industry.

Richard Hoff is a VCO member and a supervisor at the Dutch Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank, DNB). He joined DNB in 2014 after holding compliance positions within several banks. Since 2017, Richard is a university lecturer of the Postgraduate program Compliance and Integrity Management at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Furthermore, Richard teaches Compliance & Supervision at the University of Twente and is member of the expert group FEC from the VCO.

Date: February 4th, 2025
Time: 17.00 – 18.00
Location:
HEUSSEN Lawyers & Notaries | Oval Tower
De Entree 139-141
1101 HE Amsterdam

You can also join the General Assembly online.

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On Thursday March 6th, 2025 (16:30-18:00) we will host our first Webinar of the year. This Webinar is about ‘Responsible AI’.

On behalf of the European Network for Compliance Officers (ENFCO), Patrick Wellens and Jenny Schmigale will present the results of the ‘AI and Compliance’ study that they performed in 2024. Moreover, we will welcome Susan du Becker, Chief Compliance officer at Microsoft. Susan will provide a workshop on Responsible AI. We will end the Webinar with a Q&A.

In case you have any questions that you would like to ask during the Webinar, feel free to share upfront. You can send them to: info@vco.nl.

We are looking forward to welcoming you on March 6th!

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We would like to invite you to our General Assembly (ALV) and New Year’s Event on Thursday January 16, 2025 in ‘De Groene Afslag’ at Laren.

After the official General Assembly, with the knowledge and exeperience of a.o. Joris Krijger, Karen van de Zande, and Ed Fenne, in the topics ‘AI & ESG’.

Program:
15:00 Registration
15:30-16:45 General Assembly (only for VCO Members)
16:45-17:15 Break
17:15-19:00 New Year’s Event

We look foward to welcoming you and to cheers to the new year together!

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On Tuesday January 7th, 17:00-18:00, we would like to invite you to an online Teams session in which you can get to know the new candidate board members, Nadine van Winsen, Yevgeniya Balyasna, Wendy Ramos Monteiro and Esther van Hoek.

You can sign up via the below link, and in case you have any question(s) for (one of) the candidate board members, please send an email to info@vco.nl before January 4th.

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